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Analyzing and Modeling the Structural and Qualitative Interdependencies of Software Evolution

Abstract— In the context of software evolution management, we present a global modeling approach aiming at a better analysis of a change impact and its propagation in developed software. We consider two major modeling aspects under which an intended change should be considered. These are structural and qualitative dimensions of impacts of projected software change. With the proposed modeling approach, we consider the established models for tracing the qualitative change impact flow associated to the targeted software evolution. The approach is validated with the help of a prototype framework that includes the software specific information data gathering and automatic mechanisms aiming at structural and qualitative change impact analysis. Resulting detailed analysis is destined to help the decision-making in various cases of software evolution and maintenance.

Index Terms— change impact analysis; software modeling; software quality; software structure; software evolution;

Adeel Ahmad, Henri Basson, Mourad Bouneffa
Laboratoire d'Informatique, Signal et Image de la Côte d'Opale, FRANCE

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Cite: Adeel Ahmad, Henri Basson, Mourad Bouneffa, "Analyzing and Modeling the Structural and Qualitative Interdependencies of Software Evolution," Proceedings of 2017 the 7th International Workshop on Computer Science and Engineering, pp. 249-253, Beijing, 25-27 June, 2017.